tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:31:58 +0000http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/albinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)Blogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-1713934891869663802Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:14:00 +00002010-03-02T21:58:29.071-06:00We have been working on her baby quilt and something fun we have discovered is cutting off the sleeves of her baby clothes and wearing them as leg and arm warmers. I will let the next four pictures speak for themselves. Melt my heart!The best kind of sharing!Hanging with Kerrie at a Vietnam Camp meeting. He is talking on her cell phone and taking notes. Good thing she is used to an active http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/03/i-wear-my-sunglasses-at-night.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-1875921819961503360Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:04:00 +00002010-02-25T20:22:54.045-06:00Family and Friends, (Please make sure you see the video and pictures!)The time our team spent in Haiti was nothing short of remarkable! The Haitians hunger and dependence on God during such dire circumstances was truly inspiring and humbling. It was a life-changing gift to serve these beautiful people and I want to say thank you for all your support and prayers for our team, myself and my family.http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/02/haiti_25.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-6245693540804850867Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:04:00 +00002010-02-23T12:25:37.074-06:00I picked up this wooden baby highchair at a Just Between Friends sale. It was a seven dollar investment and I had big plans for this little chair. It only took me like 15 months to actually come up with something to paint on it, but then the vision came, Adam left for Haiti and I worked on the chair! Nothing like a little "free time" to push one to create!I decided to write "mẹ thương con" in http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/02/latest-projects.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-6452275800673949362Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:28:00 +00002010-02-16T12:09:40.060-06:00Happy Tet, Chinese New Year and Valentines Day!Our friend, Pastor Le, invited us to join his local Vietnamese church for their Lunar New Year luncheon on Sunday. They had a full buffet of delicious Vietnamese food. Along with all the "normal" VN foods there were several traditional Tet items served only for the New Year. I have read about these, but not seen/tasted them in person. We tried all http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/02/chuc-mung-nam-moi.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-6328275558164475748Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:17:00 +00002010-02-11T19:01:07.137-06:00Well, after 8 days and 7 nights, Adam is home from Haiti. He was chosen to go on a relief team with Thirst No More Ministries with our church. It was a team of eight people and they worked doing everything from providing medical care and sorting supplies to distributing food/water. We are slowly working on putting together a post of pictures and commentary to show everyone... so look forward to http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/02/what-weve-been-up-too.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-1001817172122534327Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:41:00 +00002010-02-03T22:57:30.296-06:00We enjoyed celebrating our 5th Lunar New Year's with Dillon International over the weekend. The first year we attended was in 2006 while we were in process in with Kazakhstan. (Pilot program for Dillon that closed and we ended up switching to Vietnam and the rest is history as you know.)My favorite part -besides that all the money goes to OrphanCare - is that everyone gets to dress in their http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/02/lunar-new-year.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-7818968465396845580Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:36:00 +00002010-01-30T16:21:32.411-06:00Here is my favorite picture of our 3 days inside. My kiddos loving on each other. My favorite because they generally did more crying, whining and 'I am just so tired of you' type attitudes, so I am relishing on this hug.This was Nehemiah. Cutting 6 teeth, not eating or sleeping well, constant fussing, running nose and has a cold. And he made it well known that if his mother dared to walk through http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/01/good-ol-snow-days.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-3512245799893097153Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:53:00 +00002010-01-26T11:25:52.074-06:00Before I jump into camp, I want to extend an invitation for local (or any) families to attend a Vietnamese lunch for Lunar New Year. We have two local Vietnamese churches in Tulsa and both have invited us to celebrate with them on February 14th at noon. They have a huge lunch, games and fellowship. Our family attends St. Joseph's as we are enrolled in their language school. We get to see them allhttp://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/01/vietnam-family-camp.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-4750017789067217462Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:54:00 +00002010-01-24T16:34:11.897-06:00Here is a little shout out to Party of Four. Nehemiah has been totally gaga over baby Drew's picture that dropped of the fridge this week. He has been carrying it around for 3 days saying, "Baby, baby." It has now been folded, wrinkled, kissed on and stuck in every pocket. Baby Drew has been well loved!Sweet girl and all her 10,000 faces. My mom and I went to Nam Hai market this week to find her http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/01/here-is-little-shout-out-to-party-of.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-7960077524809851686Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:47:00 +00002010-01-16T18:19:42.680-06:00Sister and BrotherWrestlingPeeking over the couchPlaying games for Sum Hop DayFavorite activity is PlaydoughLighting her 5th birthday cake candlesLove those curls, in her robe with a unicorn sticker."With your hat turned sideways" Think A.I. Here...Cookin with mamaGaming with daddyMore cookie dough pllleeaase!Funny face competitionWe know where they came up with the phrase"Oh Brother!""I will http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/01/siblings.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-190352048201543999Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:16:00 +00002010-01-11T15:34:26.787-06:00My day in a nutshell.Today is our second staffing with DHS. (We shared what a staffing was a while back...)And mama was attacked hard core. Lies and fears, all straight from hell.BUT lots of prayers were said for our family, for future kiddos and peace that passes all understanding.Some will not "get" this. That is ok. My husband and support team understand where I am weak. Supermom was http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/01/second-staffing-for-future-child.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-3308499383301360003Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:05:00 +00002010-01-06T12:44:46.317-06:00YEAR ONE IN PICTURESSum Họp in Vietnamese means, "To unite, to come together."ONE year ago today, January 6th, we were united with our child forever!As part of our celebration we dressed Nehemiah in a traditional Vietnamese Ao Doi and took pictures.I went to a craft show a few years ago and saw a sign that said:BOY: A noise covered in dirt.I laughed then, but now I reallllly get it.Our boy is http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/01/nehemiahs-first-sum-hop-day.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-383263383135167639Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:31:00 +00002010-01-03T20:12:09.768-06:00ALL DECEMBER/CHRISTMAS PICSALL CHICAGO PICSBe prepared. THIS IS A LOOOONNG POST : )This year we decided we would take a winter family vacation to Chicago. We have both always wanted to visit the city, but we were either saving to adopt/had a new baby or the summer plans to travel just didn't work out. But the way this calendar year fell Adam would get more time off than usual, so we ran with the http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2010/01/lets-take-trip-to-chicago.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-30548065507779928Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:13:00 +00002009-12-25T21:04:10.252-06:00Merry Christmas!As most have heard we were snowed in for Christmas. Our usual family visits were canceled. It was the first time in Adam's life that he was not with his parents at his grandparents house on Christmas Day. WILD! My Christmases were different every year as both my mom and dad's sides live out of state. We did end up getting to see my mom, step-dad and sis in the afternoon. It was http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-as-most-have-heard-we.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-5024172504763961618Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:09:00 +00002009-12-24T20:59:35.559-06:00We had all kinds of big plans tonight... heading to church then our annual family CE Party, but because of the weather all things were canceled. Including Christmas Day at the grandparents with family!Here is our backyard covered in beautiful snow. (Only pretty because I don't have to be out in it!)We were able to go to the Homan's this week and make cookies. We accidentally left the flour out http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-eve.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-3494637087550256379Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:23:00 +00002009-12-21T08:07:37.446-06:00We were able to take pictures of the Butter Family last week. Avi Joy asked me yesterday why she only had two cousins. We talked all about it and she said she wished she had more. Then she said, "You know, Alicia has a lot of kids, maybe they can be my cousins..." So Alicia, your four now have some new cousins!This is my funny of the week...I sent out Christmas cards and let the kids play with http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/12/going-to-be-sent.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-841151197567970609Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:59:00 +00002009-12-08T11:02:54.126-06:00OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, and FAMILY PICTURESADVENT CALENDAR part ONE and TWOWell the good kind- not the real staph, but STAFF!ADOPTION NEWS:TODAY is the first time our family will be "staffed" with DHS.This means that all the case workers will have a staff meeting with all the children's case workers. This staffing happens once a month and today is the day!They will talk about all the children that arehttp://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/12/getting-staff-infection.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-4387205579824293994Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:48:00 +00002009-12-01T19:06:11.767-06:00My grandparents celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary this year!They had 5 children. (Ummm, within 6 years I might add. Oh, and my grandma was only 24 when she had her 5th!)Who then had 9 children altogether (grandchildren).Who then had 4 children and growing (great grand-children).Our family has walked through losing precious family members... All my great-grandparents, my uncle and cousin http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/12/all-because-two-people-fell-in-love.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-8444560821562966724Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:38:00 +00002009-11-20T20:39:25.042-06:00The Torres Tidbits came over this week. We had a grand time until I tried to Mason's picture. He is going to have get over this phase because he is too handsome to not be photographed. Here is the littlest tidbit... Addison.You have got to LOVE a friend who will love on your children like their own. Amanda has this ability with many children in her life. We have known this family for over 10 http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/11/torres-tidbits-came-over-this-week.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-8277126879265620331Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:05:00 +00002009-11-14T20:16:45.210-06:00Last month I forgot to post that we re-finalized Nehemiah's adoption in court. This is a great step to take and it allowed us to change his name from his birth name to Nehemiah and get started on getting him a new citizenship, social security card, passport and all that other legal stuff.Ummm just check this pic out...Step 1: Take a bath and get all cleanStep 2: Climb on top of the tableStep 3: http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/11/big-week.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-6890156147948263940Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:04:00 +00002009-11-03T16:13:55.755-06:00We started out our Halloween week with reading a book called "The Pumpkin Gospel." It was a great book to read before carving a pumpkin... the gist is that we are the pumpkin, God opens us up, takes all the yuck out, carves us a new life and sets His light inside us.We carved our first pumpkin. I love Avi Joy's expression here. Adam told her to take the top off and look inside the pumpkin- you http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/11/halloween.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-9066150460539329276Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:29:00 +00002009-10-29T19:54:08.391-05:00As we shared we are in process of adopting an older child. We have been working hard on getting all the details squared away so when the day comes, it will be a smooth transition. Our first step was to let Avi Joy and Nehemiah share a room. Then focus on changing his room to our new kiddo's room. We are setting the room up as if it is a girl. If it is not, then it will be Avi Joy's room and the http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/10/room-switcheroo.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-7342682749995503159Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:17:00 +00002009-10-24T12:20:05.624-05:00Avi Joy had her first dance "recital" today! Enjoy a quick video of their performance...Here are all the little girls in her class. She talks about several of these girls, but she always wants to stand next to her sweet friend Akeelah, in the black leo.We also had some fun in the sun this week (before it got too cold/rainy to play outside). This series of pictures was my favorite. We see all http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/10/precious-little-girl-part-1.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-3917493715593426382Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:06:00 +00002009-10-24T12:20:24.706-05:00As we shared in this post, we truly love sharing our child's life story. Avi Joy INSISTED that she know Nehemiah's adoption story as well. It was just the push I needed to get his adoption book finished and printed. Hopefully this will inspire you to write down and share your child's forever story with them...Here is our ham. He can go from screaming mad to happy baby faster than any other child http://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/10/precious-little-guy-part-2.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352332249304302478.post-5277224716232107047Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:05:00 +00002009-10-16T16:08:42.343-05:00ALL SEPTEMBER PICSPiggy-back rides with NanNa. Nehemiah's idea of this game was being set on NanNa in front of sister then nosediving onto the floor. Repeat.The power of Dora. For him, it was the power of the snack, then off to play. But this week he did start screaming backpack and map.We celebrated my niece, Annabelle's, 2nd birthday this week. We have 1, 2, 3, and 4 year olds on Adam's side ofhttp://www.perrymanadoption.com/blog/2009/10/finalization.htmlalbinoguy@gmail.com (Adam, Natasha, Avi Joy and Nehemiah)0